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Assistant Accountant

  • Full-time
  • Finance
  • Honingham Thorpe

Description

Overview of Role

To maintain sales, purchase and nominal ledger postings for AF Affinity.

To co-ordinate and liaise with the AF Affinity business on an going basis.

To prepare management accounts for AF Affinity, provide back-up assistance to both the Accountant and Financial Controller (FC) and other team members and undertake any other relevant duties as required by the role.

To assist the Accountant with the processing of overheads and staff expenses for The AF Group Limited and any subsidiaries.


Duties and Responsibilities

  • Prepare and distribute Affinity sales invoices in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring invoices are aligned to any order confirmation/prepayments and correct VAT rates and payment terms are applied
  • Issue monthly Affinity customer statements and chase payment of overdue accounts
  • First line support for any Affinity customer account queries ensuring these are responded to promptly
  • Administer any Affinity credit/refunds due in line with customer expectations
  • Process telephone card payments from customers
  • Reconcile Affinity supplier statements
  • Close Affinity sales and purchase ledgers in line with administration timetable ensuring all transactions are allocated in correct accounting periods
  • Assist with Affinity credit control, nominal ledger postings, preparation of banking/reconciliation and submission of VAT returns
  • Preparation of Affinity monthly management accounts
  • Assist Accountant and FC with preparation and updating of Affinity budgets/forecasts and cash flows
  • Assist with processing of staff expenses through NetSuite for The AF Group Limited and its subsidiaries
  • Assist with the processing of The AF Group Limited and its subsidiaries purchase invoices for payment ensuring any supporting documentation and correct approval is obtained in accordance with Group authority limits
  • Assist Accountant and FC with any other ad-hoc reporting as required 


Person Specification

Essential

Skills 

•        Strong IT and data presentation/analytical skills, including Microsoft Office – especially Excel.

·        Excellent attention to detail, together with a ‘can-do’ attitude in resolving issues.

Experience 

·        Experience of working in a similar role


Personal Attributes

•        Confident at communicating in a professional manner with all of our stakeholders.

•        Drive, enthusiasm and resilience, for working in a multi-faceted and challenging environment

•        Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success

•        Commitment to attain delivery goals and personal objectives

•        Friendly and approachable personality, expert at building rapport

•        Initiative and self-confidence

•        Views problems as challenges that we work together to resolve

 

Desirable

Experience

·        Background in an accounting environment

·        Use of SagePay or Stripe merchant services website


Knowledge

·        Knowledge of Harrier and NetSuite (AF's CRM)


Qualifications

·        AAT or similar

Benefits

Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum


Hours: 37.5 hours per week


Additional Benefits:

  • 8% employer pension contribution
  • 26 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays. This rises with each years service by an additional day, up to 7 extra days
  • Have your birthday off as an extra days holiday, if it falls on your working day
  • Free lunch daily from our onsite Café
  • AF Membership (giving discounts at hundreds of retailers and suppliers)
  • Life assurance
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Hybrid working
  • Free onsite parking